Dispositional mindfulness and the attenuation of neural responses to emotional stimuli

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-99

  Brown, Kirk Warren ^a   Goodman, Robert J ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Event related potentials; Late positive potential; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872397278     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss004     Document Type: Article

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